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H. A. HUGHES.

HAME.

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QPECL'FICATEQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,775, dated January216, 1886.

Application filed May 19, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HUGHns, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Collinsville, in the county of Grayson and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Haines, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in hame attachments; and itconsists in an attachment provided` with a series of lugs or hooks forthe attachment of the link of the chain trace or the eye of the tug,whereby the draft may be attached to the hame attachment at any desiredpoint, said attachment being adapted to be secured to a hame of theordinary construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a detail perspective view of ahame attachment embodying my invention. similar view of a hame with myattachment applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view takenon the line :v x of Fig. 2.

A represents a hame attachment, which is preferably constructed ofmalleable iron, and is concaved on its inner side, as at B, and therebyadapted to fit over the outer convex surface of an ordinary hame, C. Aseries of openings, D, is made in the hame attachment, through whichscrews E may be passed in order to secure the attachment to the hame.The lower end of the hame attachment is pro vided with a hook orgoose-neck, F, which forms an eye for the attachment of the ring of abreaststrap. An ear, G, projects vertically from the lower end of thegoose-neck, and forms an extension of the hame attachment, and in thisear is made an opening, H, adapted for a screw, l.

L represents a series of hooks or shoulders which project out from theouter side of the hame attachment, and these shoulders serve for theattachment ofthe link of the chain trace or the eye of a tug. The frontsides of these hooks extend outwardly and forwardly from the body oftheattachment, as shown at Z, Fig. 3, and thereby cause the trace-chain towork against the body of the attachment, and

5o thus have no tendency to slip off the hook Fig. 2 is a' (No model.)

when drawing a load, and thus relieve the rod N of all strain. Anopening, M, is made in the outer end of each of the hooks L, and downthrough these openings is passed a wire or bolt, N which serves to keepthe trace or tug from becoming detached from the hook to which it issecured. By reason of the series of hooks L, it will be readilyunderstood that the draft may be shifted either up or down on the haine,and thereby adjusted to the height of the draft-animal, and in the eventof a sore shoulder the attachment will be shifted, so as to prevent thestrain from bearing on the sore part and shift it to the sound part ofthe animals shoulder.

Heretofore when the hook of an ordinary haine has become broken it hasrendered the hame valueless.

My attachment is adapted to be secured to an ordinary hame, and thusprovides a series of new hooks therefor, and thereby saves the hame.

I am aware that it has been heretofore proposed to construct hameattachments with projecting lugs having aligned openings and a bolt thatpasses vertically through the openings and` through a link of the tracechain, and this construction l disclaim. My invention differs from this,in that my attachment is provided with a series of projecting hooks forthe attachment of the tracechain, the bolt or wire passing through thealigned openings in the hooks on the outer side of the trace-chain, andnot through said chain, the sole purpose of the bolt or wire being toprevent the chain from slipping off the hook, as hereinbefore stated.Vhen the bolt is passed through a link of the trace-chain, all thestrain must be borne by the bolt, which frequently results in bendingthe bolt and rendering it impossible tor withdraw it from the eyes ofthe projections when it is desired to detach the chain, while by myconstruction all the strain on the trace-chain is borne by-the hook towhich it is attached,

without in any manner affecting the bolt or wire.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The hame attachment,preferably concave I OO on its innei1 side, having the projecting hooksIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as L, for the attachment of thechain trace, said my own I have hereto affixed my signature in hookshaving the aligned openings M, and 4the presence of two Witnesses.

bolt or Wire N adapted to pass through the HENRY A. HUGHES. 5 openingsto prevent the trace-chain from slip- /Vtnesses:

ping oi' the hook to which it is attached, sub- ELIJAH MILLER,

stantially as described. J. C. MOGHEE.

